چکاد

See also: چكاد

Persian

Alternative forms

چکاده (čakâde, čekâde)
چکاذ (čakâz)

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian ճակատ (čakat, “forehead”), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): [tʃæˈkɒːd]
(Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [tʃeˈkɒːd]

Noun

چکاد • (čakâd, čekâd)

top, crown of the head
summit of a mountain
top of the forehead
shield

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “چکاد”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

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